| Translating Childhoods: Immigrant Youth, Language, and Culture Contributor(s): Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813545226 ISBN-13: 9780813545226 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 306.874 |
| LCCN: 2008036401 |
| Series: Rutgers Childhood Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.96 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though the dynamics of immigrant family life has gained attention from scholars, little is known about the younger generation, often considered invisible. Translating Childhoods, a unique contribution to the study of immigrant youth, brings children to the forefront by exploring the work they perform as language and culture brokers, and the impact of this largely unseen contribution. Skilled in two vernaculars, children shoulder basic and more complicated verbal exchanges for non-English speaking adults. Readers hear, through children's own words, what it means be in the middle or the keys to communication that adults otherwise would lack. Drawing from ethnographic data and research in three immigrant communities, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana's study expands the definition of child labor by assessing children's roles as translators as part of a cost equation in an era of global restructuring and considers how sociocultural learning and development is shaped as a result of children's contributions as translators. |